Card-game accessory



J. KOLOMYJEC.

CARD GAME ACCESSORY .Pmlcmon msn M1129, 1920.

Patented Jan.18,1921.

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n a J 0 f d I. KOLOMYIEC. 'CARD GAME ACCESSORY.

APPLICATION FILED APRJS, IQZO.

'1,366 ,264, Patented'Jan. 18, 1921.

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UNITE-D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH KOLOMYJEC, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CARD-GAME ACCESSORY.

Application led April 29, 1920.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH KoLoMYJEC, a citizen of Poland, residing atDetroit, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Card-Game Accessories, of whichthe following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to 'certain new and useful Yimproverr'ients incard game accessories and has more particular reference to an improveddevice Vadapted for employment l in connection with the playing of cardgames so vas to enable the players` to readily keep a record of thenumber of hands which have been dealt for a given periodl of play aswell as to provide an effective means for dealing the cards one at atime to the players and t simultaneously register each card as it isdealt so as to enable the dealer' to accurately deal. the requirednumber of cards to each player for avoiding mis-deal.

In carrying out the above, I provide adevice which, broadly stated,comprises a suitable receptacle for the cards having a hinged closureand a depressible delivering or .follower plate, means being providedfor retaining the follower plate depressed upon the insertion of cardswithin the receptacle and for simultaneously registering when the cardsare placed therein each time. The invention further includes means forreleasing the follower' plate whenthe receptacle has been closed, andmeans carried by the cover of the receptacle operable to eject the cardsone at a" time from ther'eceptacle as said cards are fed' upwardly bythe follower plate, and to 4 simultaneously register each card as it isejected from the receptacle.

lVith thc above general objects in view and others that will becomeapparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sameconsists" in the novel. form, combi.- nation and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described, shownin the accompanying drmvings andclaimed.

lu the. drawings, wherein the preferable embodiment of the'invention isillustrated,

and wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding partsthrough the several views, f f

Figure l is a top plan view of a card game accessory constructed inaccordance with the present invention,

Fig. 9. is a bottom plan viewthereof,

Fig. 3 fis a side elevational view of the same,

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

Serial No. 377,523.

Fig. el is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially upon lineIV-IV of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. Ziut-aken substantially upon line V-Vof Fig. 3,

Fig. 6 is a vertical substantially central longitudinal. sectional view.of the device shown in Fig. l,

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the ejector slide-carrying plate andassociated parts detached,

Fig. S is a fragmentary sectional view drawn on a large scale and takensubstantially upon line VIII-VIII of Fig. 7,

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. Staken substantially upon .line IX-JXof Fig. 7,

Fig. 10 is a side elevational view of the follower plate and theactuating springs thereof. i f A Fig. 1l is a sectional view takensubstantially upon line K14-XI of Fig. 10, and

Fig. 19. is a top plan view of the combined ratchet wheel and indicatordisk which shows the number of deals which have been made.

Referring more in detail to the several views, the present inventionembodies a suitable receptacle 5 which is preferably rectangular in planand of such size as to snugly receive a deck of cards 6 (see Fig. 6)when placed therein. A flat follower plate 7 of about the same size asthe card is loosely arranged within the receptacle 5-for slidingmovement upwardly and downwardly therein, and a helical compressionspring 8 is at- 'cached to the follower plate 7 at each corner thereofso as to normally urge the follower plate upwardly for a purpose whichwill presently become apparent, the lower ends of the spring 8 beinganchored to the bottom wall of the receptacle 5 by means of screws 9 orthe like as is clearly shown in Fig. i. The upper ends of the spring 8may be soldered or otherwise fastened to the follower plate so as toinsure durability of the construction and retention of the various partsin their proper relation. The ends of the followei` plate 7 are bent atright angles to the body thereof to provide depending end'flanges 10Idisposed in flat engagement with the front and rear walls of thereceptacle 5 as .is shown in Fig. 6, and inwardly extending corner lugs1l are provided on the lower edges of the flanges l0 so as to cooperatewith suitable stop lugs 12 provided upon the sides ot' the receptacle 5for limiting the upward movement of the follower plate 7. The flangesare provided with end notches 13 so as to permit ready insertion of thefollower plate even though one pair of the stop lugs 12 are permanentwith the receptacle 5. In other words, the stop lugs 12 at the rear ofthe receptacle may be permanently fixed thereto while those at theforward end may be removable because of the provision of the notches 18,as the follower plate 7 can be inserted at its rear end so that thevlugs12 at this point pass the flange 10 and lie inwardly of the same abovethe lugs 11 when the follower plate is fully inserted. The removablestop lugs 12 may then be inserted for limiting the upward movement ofthe follower plate at both ends.

A lever 14 is pivotally mounted between its ends as at 15 within thereceptacle 5 and substantially centrally upon the bottom wall of thelatter as is clearly shown in Fig. 4, and the opposite ends of the lever14 are upwardly offset as at 16. A push rod 17 is pivotally attached asat 18 to the lever 14 at one side of the pivot 15, and this push rodslidably extends through a suitable opening provided in one side wall ofthe receptacle 5, the push rod 17 having a linger piece Aor knob 19 uponthe outer free end thereof exteriorly of the receptacle whereby theoperator may actuate the push rod for swinging the lever 14. A leafspring 20 engages the lever 14 at that side of the pivot 15 which isopposite to the joint of connection of the push rod 17 with the lever,and said spring 20 is fastened to the receptacle as at 21 and is soproportioned as to normally swing the lever 14 to a position diagonal ofthe receptacle with the offset ends 16 disengaged from the inwardlyextendng ledges22 which are {provided} substantially centrally upon thelower edges of the follower plate flanges 10. A combined ratchet wheeland indicator disk 23 is rotatably mounted within the receptacle 5 uponthe upper face of the bottom wall of the latter and has a plurality ofprogressing numerals 24 upon the under face thereof adapted to besuccessively exposed through the a erture 25 provided in the bottom wallof tie receptacle 5 as seen in Fig. 2. A yieldable pawl 26 is fastenedto one end ofthe lever 14 adjacent the push rod 174 and extends in adirection away from the latter so that its free end operatively engagesthe teeth of the ratchet wheel 23 as shown in Fig. 4. It will thus beseen that this inward movement of the push rod 17 the pawl 26 causes apartial rotation of the Adisk 23 so as to expose the next number thereonthrough the aperture or opening 25. The receptacle 5 is provided with asecond pawl 27 which engages the teeth of the ratchet wheel 23 so as toprevent retrograde movement of the latter. The reason for retaining thefollower plate 7 lowered upon the insertion of the deck of cards is toprevent the latter from being ejected while the receptacle is open, itbeing the intention of the invention to only release the push rod 17after the receptacle has been closed when the follower plate may then befree to move upwardly. It will thus be seen that ellicient means isprovided for indicating each time the deck of cards is placed in thereceptacle for dealing so that the players may have a record of thenumber of deals made during a given period of play, while at the sametime, means is operated to retain the follower plate lowered until thereceptacle has been closed for insuring against undesirable displacementof the cards from the casing or receptacle.

The cover 28 of the receptacle 5 is substantially of the same form asthe latter 4although of slightly less depth, and the same is hingedlyconnected to the receptacle 5 at its rear end as at 29 whereby the covermay be readily swung to open or closed position.

32 which is fastened to the top wall of the cover by any suitable meanssuch as stud screws 33, suitable sleeves 34 being disposed on the Shanksof the latter so as to maintain the plate 32 in proper spaced relationto the top wall of the cover 28. A card ejecting slide 35 comprising aflat metal plate provided with a friction member 36 upon its undersurface, is slidably disposed for forward and backward movements againstthe under Surface of the plate 32, the member 36 of the ejector slidebeing preferably of textile fabric or the like so as to insure forwardmovement of the top card of the deck when the ejector plate is movedforward by a means to be presently described, the ejected cards beingthose projected partially through a slot 37 formed by cutting away themeeting edges of the front walls of the receptacle 5 and the cover 28.The ejector slide-carrying plate 32 is preferably provided with adepending rib 38 at its forward edge arranged to bear upon the cards andto insure proper registration of the uppermost card with the slot 37 sothat no interference will be presented to the ejection of the card. Theejector slide is preferably slidably connected to the plate 32 by meansof stud screws 39 which pass through longitudinal elongated slots 40provided in the plate 32 and are threaded into the slide 35,r suitablewashers 4l being placed upon the Shanks of the screws 39 so as toprevent the screws from passing through the slots 40, and the forwardwasher 41 being enlarged so as to bear upon the under surface of the topwall of the cover 28 as shown in Fig. 6 and thereby insure againstvibration of the slide when moved, z'. e., to steady the same. A furtherlongitudinal elongated slot 42 is provided in the plate 32 between thetwo slots 40, and another stud screw 43 passes through the slot 42 andis threaded into the ejector slide An angular lever 44 is pivoted as at45 to the plate 32 adjacent one edge of the latter, and the inner end ofone arm of this lever is provided with a longi; tudinal elongated slot46 through which the screw 43 also extends so as to provide a slidingand pivotal connection between said lever 44 and the ejector slide 35.The other end of the lever extends through an elongated slot 47 providedin the adjacent side wall of the cover 28 and is provided upon its outerfree end exteriorly of the cover with a depending lug 48 forming alinger piece whereby the lever may be manually pressed for swingingabout the pivot 45 so as to cause forward movement of the ejector 35,the latter being normally maintained in a rearward position by a spring49 suitably anchored to the cover,28 and having a free end bearingagainst the inner arm of the lever 44.

Another combined ratchet wheel and indicator disk 50 is' rotatablymounted against the unrder surface of the top wall of the cover 28 upona. stud 5l7 and the `progressing marginal numerals 52 upon the disk 50are so arranged as to be .successively exposed through the opening oraperture 53 provided in the top wall of the covering 28. A smallrectangular plate or slide 54 is slidably disposed upon the uppersurface of the plate 32 at one side of the ratchet wheel 50 and betweena pair of guide ribs 55 provi-ded on the plate 3.2. The slide 54 isconnected with the ejector slide 35 by means of stud screws 56 whichextend through a further pair of longitudinal elongated slots 5Tprovided in the plate 32 and enter the ejector slide the ratchet wheel50 at which time the ejector slide is moved forward, the pawl beingeffective for rotating the ratchet wheel 5l) such distance upon eachforward moven'ient as to bring the next succeeding numeral upon theratchet wheel into view at the opening 53. A spring pawl GO is fastenedto the cover 23 and engages the ratchet wheel 5t) so as to preventretrograde movement of the latter. It will thus be seen that athoroughly practical and simple means is provided for delivering' cardsone at a time through the slot 3T and for simultaneously registering thecards as they are delivered that the dealer may accurately deal thewards to the players and will have visual indication of the fact wheneach player has been dealt the required number of cards. rThe presentejecting means` does not deliver the cards entirely from the device. butprojects the same outwardly of the accessory sutliciently to enable thedealer to grasp the. same and entirely remove it for handing the same tothe player.

By means of the present device constantly occurring mistakes areeliminated or made impossible, and successive dealing of the cards fromthe top of the deck is made compulsory. f

l'n the use of the present invention, the latches are released so as toenable the dealer to swing the cover 28 open so that he ma)Y readilyplace a deck of cards which have been j u'eviously shutlied within thereceptacle 5 and upon the follower plate 7, it bcing understood that thedealer fdepresses the follower' plate T and pushes inwardly upon the rodl? so as to hold the follower plate lowered, prior to placing the deckof cards upon the follower plate. Then the cards have been disposed inthis manner7 the proper numeral on the disk 23 is caused to be exposedthrough the opening' 25, and the cover 28 is then closed and latehed.The rod 1T is then released so as to free the follower plate T bydisengagement of the lever i4 from the legs 22. The dealer then pressesthe lever 44 so as to cause forward movement of the ejector slide 35 formoving the top card outwardly through the slot 3T and for simultaneouslyimparting moremcnt to the disk or ratchet wheel 50 so as to bring therequired numeral on the latter in view at the opening The card is thengrasped by the dealer and handed to the proper player' and thisoperation is repeated for as many times as necessary until the requirednumber of cards have .been dealt to the several players engaged in thegame being played. lVhen the hand thus dealt. has been played, the cardsare again shuffled and the operation of placing the cards in tl ereceptacle 5 repeated, registration being made each time that the deckis placed lll (l Cil in the device so as to furnish visible indicationof the number of hands which have been dealt in a given. period.

It is believed that the construction and operation of the presentinvention will be readily understood as well as its advantages andpracticability appreciated by those skilled in the art,

Various changes may be made in the forms of the various parts and thecombinations and arrangements thereof as shown without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

lVhat is claimed as new is:

l. A card game accessory including a re.- ceptacle having a hinged coverand provided with a yieldably depressible follower plate adapted to havea deck of cards placed thereon, means operable to releasably retain thefollower-plate depressed, said accessory being provided with a slotthrough which the cards are adapted to be ejected, and means carried bythe cover for successively ejecting the cards one at a time through saidslot as the same are pressed upwardly by said follower plate.

2. A card game accessory including a receptacle having a hinged coverand provided with a yieldably depressible follower plate adapted to havea deck of cards placed thereon, means operable to releasably retain thefollower plate depressed, said accessory being provided with a slotthrough which the cards are adapted to be ejected, means carried by thecover for successively ejecting the cards one at a time through saidslotas the same are pressed upwardly by said follower plate, and meansoperable by the means for retaining the follower plate depressed toindicate the number of hands dealt during a .given period.

3. A card game accessory including a receptacle having a hinged coverand provided with a yieldably depressible follower plate adapted to havea 'deck of cards placed thereon, means operable to releasably retain thefollower plate depressed, said accessory being provided with a slotthrough which the cards are adapted to be ejected, means carried by thecover for successively ejecting the cards one at a time through saidslot as the same are pressed upwardly by said follower plate, and meansoperable by said card ejecting means to successively register the numberof cards ejected from the device.

4. A card game accessory including a receptacle having a hinged coverand provided with a yieldably depressible follower plate adapted to havea deck of cards placed thereon, means operable to releasably retain thefollower plate depressed, said accessory being provided with a slotthrough which the cards are adapted to be ejected, means carried by thecover for successively ejecting the cards one at a time through saidslot as the same are pressed upwardly by said follower plate, meansoperable by said card ejecting means to successively register the numberof cards ejected from the device, and means operable by the means forretaining the follower' plate depressed to indicate the number of handsdealt during a. given period.

5. In a card game accessory of the class described, a receptacle, afollower plate yieldably supported above the bottom of said receptacle,a lever pivoted upon the bottom of said receptacle beneath said followerplate, said follower plate being provided with depending end flangeshaving inwardly extending ledges, and means to swing said lever formoving its ends into and out of engagement with said ledges forretaining the follower plate lowered or for permitting the same to riseas desired.

G. In a card game accessory of the class described, a receptacle, aifollower plate yieldably supported above the bottom of said receptacle,a lever pivoted upon the bottom of said receptacle beneath said followerplate, said follower plate being provided with depending end flangeshaving inwardly extending ledges, and means to swing said lever formoving its ends into and out of engagement with said ledges forretaining the follower plate lowered or for permitting the same to riseas desired, said means including a spring for normally holding the leverin position wherein the same is disengaged from said ledges.

7. In a card game accessory ofthe claSS described', a receptacle, afollower platl yieldably supported above the bottom of said receptacle,a lever pivoted upon the bottom of said receptacle beneath said followerplate, said follower plate being provided with depending end flangeshaving inwardly extending ledges, means to swing said lever for movingits ends into and out of engagement with said ledges for retaining thefollower plate lowered or for permitting the same to rise as desired,said means including a spring .for normally holding the lever inposition wherein the same is disengaged from said ledges, and a push rodadapted for moving 'the lever against the action of said spring toengage the ends of the lever with said ledges.

8. In a card game accessory of the class described, a receptacle, afollower plate yieldably supported above the bottom of said receptacle,a lever pivoted upon the bottom of said receptacle beneath saidfollower' plate, said follower plate being provided with depending endflanges having inwardly extending ledges, means to swing said lever formoving its ends into and out of engagement withsaid ledges for retainingthe follower plate lowered or for per- Civ mitting the same to rise asdesired, the bottom wall of said receptacle having an opening, acombined ratchet wheel and indicator disk rotatably mounted upon thebottom wall of the receptacle so that its numerals will be successivelyviewable through said opening, and means to simultaneously partiallyrotate said disk when said lever is actuated.

9. In a card game accessory of the class described, a receptacle, afollower plate yieldably supported above the bottom of said receptacle,a lever pivoted upon the bottom of said receptacle beneath said followerplate, said follower plate being provided with depending' end flangeshaving inwardly extending ledges, means to swing said lever for movingits ends into and out of engagement with said ledges for retaining thefollower plate lowered or for permitting the same to rise as desired,the bot" tom wall-of said receptacle having an opening, a combinedratchet wheel and indicator disk rotatably mounted upon the bottom wallof the receptacle so that its numerals will be successively viewablethrough said opening, and means to simultaneously partially rotate saiddisk when said lever is actuated, said last named means including a pawlcarried by said lever and engaging the teeth of said ratchet wheel.

10. In a card game accessory of the class described, a receptacle havinga yieldably supported card receiving follower plate therein, a cover forsaid receptacle having a top wall and a bottom wall arranged in spacedrelation, an ejector slide retained against the under surface of thebottom wall of said cover and movable forwardly and backwardly forsuccessively delivering cards from the pack as they are pressed intoengagement with the ejector slide by said follower plate, and meansbetween the top and bottom walls of said cover and operable eX- teriorlyof the latter when the cover is closed for moving said ejector slideforwardly and backwardly to eject the cards.

l1. In a card game accessory of the class described` a receptacle havinga yieldably supported card receiving follower plate therein, a cover forsaid receptacle having a top wall and a bottom wall arranged in spacedrelation, an ejector slide retained against the under surface of thebottom wall of said cover and movable forwardly and backwardly forsuccessively delivering cards from the pack as they are pressed intoyengagement with the ejector slide by said follower plate, means betweenthe top and bottom walls of said cover and operable exteriorly of thelatter when the cover is closed for moving said ejector slide forwardlyand backwardly to eject the cards, said last named means including aspring for normally maintaining the ejector slide in its rearwardposition, and an operating lever having pivotal and sliding connectionwith said ejector slide.

l2. In a card game accessory of the class described, a receptacle havinga yieldably supported card receiving follower plate therein, a cover forsaid receptacle having a top wall and a bottom wall arranged in spacedrelation, an ejector slide retained against the under surface of thebottom wall of said cover and movable forwardly and backwardly forsuccessively delivering cards from the pack as they are pressed intoengagement with the ejector slide by said follower plate, means betweenthe top and bottom walls of said cover and operable exteriorly of thelatter when the cover is closed for moving' said ejector Slide forwardlyand backwardly to eject the cards, and means operatively connected tosaid ejector slide to register the cards as they are ejected thereby.

13. In a card game accessory of the class described, a receptacle havinga yieldably supported card receiving follower plate therein, a cover forsaid receptacle having a top wall and a bottom wall arranged in spacedrelation, an ejector slide retained against the under surface of thebottom wall of said cover and movable forwardly and lnickwardly forsuccessively delivering cards from the pack as they are pressedintoengagement with the ejector slide by said ii`ollower plate, meansbetween the top and bottom walls of said cover and operable eX- tcriorlyof the latter when the cover is closed for moving said ejector slideforwardly and backwardly to eject the cards, means operatively connectedto said ejector slide to register the caids as they are ejected thereby,said last named means including a combined indicator disk and ratchetwheel rotatably mounted against the under surface of the top wall of thecover, said top wall of the cover being provided with an opening throughwhich the numerals of said disk are successively viewable, and a pawlconnected to said ejector slide arranged to engage the teeth of theratchet wheel and indicator disk to partially rotate the latter uponeach forward movement of the ejector slide.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH KOLOMYJEG.

